Party Bites in 30 Minutes or Less

First in a series

One of the key things to keep in mind when you want to prepare impressive party bites—quickly—is to focus not only on the taste but your presentation. 

We are lucky because we have access to excellent prepared products from area stores like Trader Joe's, the Ardmore Farmers Market and Carlino's, and can buy a few choice items and enhance them with our own touches.

In the picture shown above, I took some cheese, meat, olives, and marinated artichokes—all stuff I generally keep on hand, and arranged it to make it special.  The salami was cut in half, wrapped around a cornichon (a small French pickle) and skewered. There is some onion jam which is lovely with the cheese, but you can substitute some fig butter, too (available at Trader Joe's).

The only thing else you need is some crackers and wine. Enjoy.